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Pseudonymous Bosch Books in Order

Pseudonymous Bosch has written 12 books, published between 2007 and 2020. The first book is The Name of This Book is Secret (2007) and the newest is The Unbelievable Oliver and the Sawed-In-Half Dads (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2007–2020
Pages on record
2,511 in 8 of 12 books
Reading time
42–63 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,511 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

See all 12 books in order Printable Pseudonymous Bosch checklist

Pseudonymous Bosch is the pen name of Raphael Simon, who writes children's mystery and fantasy. The Secret series opens with The Name of This Book is Secret (2007) and continues through If You're Reading This, It's Too Late (2008), This Book Is Not Good For You (2009) and You Have To Stop This (2011). The Bad books follow, from Bad Magic (2014) to Bad News (2017), and the Unbelievable Oliver chapter mysteries close a catalogue of 12 titles in 2020. Subjects cover magic, synesthesia, secrets and puzzles.

How many Pseudonymous Bosch books are there?

Pseudonymous Bosch has 12 books, released between 2007 and 2020. They include 2 series and 1 title listed outside any series.

Pseudonymous Bosch Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Pseudonymous Bosch books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Name of This Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch, book 1 of the Secret series (2007)
  2. Cover of If You're Reading This, It's Too Late by Pseudonymous Bosch, book 2 of the Secret series (2008)
  3. Cover of This Book Is Not Good For You by Pseudonymous Bosch, book 3 of the Secret series (2009)
  4. Cover of This Isn't What It Looks Like by Pseudonymous Bosch, book 4 of the Secret series (2010)
  5. Cover of Write This Book by Pseudonymous Bosch, book 6 of the Secret series (2013)
  6. Cover of Bad Magic by Pseudonymous Bosch, book 1 of the Bad series (2014)
  7. Cover of Bad Luck by Pseudonymous Bosch, book 2 of the Bad series (2016)
  1. 1
    The Name of This Book is SecretSecret #12007 · 360 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007360
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  2. 2
    If You're Reading This, It's Too LateSecret #22008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  3. 3
    This Book Is Not Good For YouSecret #32009 · 360 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009360
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  4. 4
    This Isn't What It Looks LikeSecret #42010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  5. 5
    You Have To Stop ThisSecret #52011 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011368
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  6. 6
    Looking for Lazaro2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  7. 7
    Write This BookSecret #62013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  8. 8
    Bad MagicBad #12014 · 393 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014393
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  9. 9
    Bad LuckBad #22016 · 278 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016278
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  10. 10
    Bad NewsBad #32017 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017352
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  11. 11
    The Unbelievable Oliver and the Four JokersUnbelievable Oliver #12019 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019192
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  12. 12
    The Unbelievable Oliver and the Sawed-In-Half DadsUnbelievable Oliver #22020 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020208
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Pseudonymous Bosch books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Secret in order

6 books
  1. 1. The Name of This Book is Secret
  2. 2. If You're Reading This, It's Too Late
  3. 3. This Book Is Not Good For You
  4. 4. This Isn't What It Looks Like
  5. 5. You Have To Stop This
  6. 6. Write This Book

Bad in order

3 books
  1. 1. Bad Magic
  2. 2. Bad Luck
  3. 3. Bad News

Unbelievable Oliver in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Unbelievable Oliver and the Four Jokers
  2. 2. The Unbelievable Oliver and the Sawed-In-Half Dads

Standalone books

1 book

1 Pseudonymous Bosch title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Pseudonymous Bosch books in order?

You only need to read Pseudonymous Bosch books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Pseudonymous Bosch

Start with The Name of This Book is Secret (2007), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Pseudonymous Bosch book?

The Unbelievable Oliver and the Sawed-In-Half Dads (2020) is the newest Pseudonymous Bosch book released so far.

Is there a new Pseudonymous Bosch book coming?

No next Pseudonymous Bosch book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Pseudonymous Bosch at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Pseudonymous Bosch title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Pseudonymous Bosch books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,511 pages across the 8 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 356 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Pseudonymous Bosch books, 8 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Pseudonymous Bosch books are about

All 12 Pseudonymous Bosch books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 9 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.